Appeared in the Independent Appeal Newspaper on Wed., March 29, 2000 HOWARD HALL, 87, died on Wed., Mar. 22, 2000 at Methodist Healthcare Hospital in Selmer, TN, of heart failure. He was a retired mechanic and from the Brown Shoe Company in Selmer. He was a member of the Finger Baptist Church. Services took place at 1:00 p.m. on Fri., Mar. 24, at Casey funeral Home Chapel. Burial was held at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Officiating the services were Rev. John Howard Hutcherson and Rev. Daryl Azbill. Mr. Hall was preceded in death by his wife Myra Jo Isbell Whitten Hall, one daughter, Dianne Hatmaker of Orlando, FL and one stepdaughter, Nyta Walls of Oak Ridge. He is survived by his sister, Maxine Simpson of Selmer and two grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CLYDE PARHAM, 88, died on Wed., Mar. 22, 2000, at McNairy County Health Care in Selmer of heart failure. She was a retired floor supervisor and machine operator for Brown Shoe Company and a member of Selmer Second Baptist Church. Graveside services took place at 11:00 a.m. on Thurs. Mar. 23, with burial at Clear Creek Cemetery in Selmer. Officiating the services was Minister Frank Whitman. Mrs. Parham was preceded in death by her husband, Ben L. Parham, her parents, Lee and Gertrude Parham, Lorain Parham, and Montez Clark. She is survived by one son, Robert Parham of Brevard, NC, one brother Purney Roberts of Selmer, four grandchildren and three gr-grandchildren. Persons wishing to make memorial contributions may make them to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. JEWELL IRENE CLAYTON, 75, died on Tues., Mar. 21, 2000, at Methodist Healthcare McNairy of heart failure. She was a retired cook and waitress and a member of Antioch Church of Christ. Services took place at 1:00 p.m. on Thurs., Mar. 23, at Shackelford Chapel in Selmer. Burial was held at Lake Hill Memory Gardens in Bethel Springs. Officiating the services were Ministers Nat Evans and Roy Sharp. Mrs. Clayton was preceded in death by her husband, Snyder Clayton, her parents, Lem and Myrtle Leatherwood Kennedy and a brother, Aaron Kennedy. She is survived by one daughter, Melba Jackson of Ramer, one son, Tim Clayton of Selmer, one sister, Opal Kirk of Memphis, one brother, Gerald Kennedy of Ramer, four grandchildren, Kim Petty, Jen Weeks, Christie Clayton, and Laura Grace Clayton, four gr-grandchildren Sara Petty, Allie Petty Catlyn Petty and Jack Petty and several nieces and nephews. >>>.. DEEDIE A. HATFIELD, 90, died on Fri., Mar. 24, 2000, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital of heart failure. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Springs Baptist Church. Services took place at 1:30 p.m. on Sun. Mar. 26, at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was held at Lake Hill Memory Gardens. Mrs. Hatfield was preceded in death by her husband, William Hatfield and her parents, James A. and Jane Sutton Hill. She is survived by three daughter, Faye Hill of Jackson, Maye Wolverton of Batesville, Ark., and Janie Hutcherson of Bethel Springs, nine grandchildren, twenty gr-grandchildren, two gr-gr-grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DOYLE RAY RUSHING, 71, died on Wed., Mar. 22, 2000, at his home of heart failure. He was a retired self-employed construction worker and a member of Liberty Church of Christ. Services took place at 1 p.m. on Fri., Mar. 24, at Shackelford Chapel in Acton. Burial was held at Liberty Cemetery in Michie. Officiating the services were Ministers Malcolm George and Ralph Lambert. Mr. Rushing was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Sally Lambert Rushing. He is survived by his wife. Mary Rushing of 43 years, one daughter, Rae Ann Rushing of Ponotoc, Miss., two sons, Doyle Rushing, Jr., and Deborah of Henderson and Gene Rushing and Natasha of Corinth, Miss. one brother, Virgil E. Rushing of Knoxville, ten grandchildren, and several gr-grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JOSEPH L. BOLECHL, 79, died on Mon., Mar. 27. 2000, at Methodist Healthcare McNairy in Selmer, TN, of heart failure. He was retired from Delta Wire Company in Chicago, IL. He was Catholic. Services was held Today Wed., at 1 p.m. at the Shackelford Chapel in Adamsville. Burial will be held at Family Cemetery, Finger, TN. Officiating the services will be Father Carl Hood. Mr. Bloechl was preceded in death by one son, Mike Bloechl of Finger. He is also survived by three grandchildren; Laura E. Bloechl, Crystal M. Guy, and Kathy Bloechl, and one gr-grandchild, Charles Dillon Guy. >>>>>>>>>> HARRY CAIN, 80, died on Sat., Mar. 18, 2000, at his home of heart failure. He was a retired loan officer at Selmer Bank & Trust, a member of First United Methodist Church in Selmer, and a WWII Veteran. Services took place at 4 p.m. on Thurs., Mar. 23, at Shackelford Chapel in Selmer. Burial was held at Lake Hill Memory Gardens in Bethel Springs. Officiating the services was Minister Paul Millikin. Mr. Cain was preceded in death by a sister, Elemeda Harris. He is survived by his wife, Rose Ann Cain, one daughter, Susan Christ of Dublin, Ohio, two sons, Mike Cain of Selmer and Dennis Cain of Scottsdale, AZ, one sister, O'Neill Howe of Madisonville, KY, and nine grandchildren. >>>>>>>>>>end Have a great day Barbara [email protected]